COLORS

The Scientific
Way
 COLORS SYSTEMS
 Color is the visual effect that is caused by the
spectral composition of the light emitted,
transmitted, or reflected by objects.
 The color systems used by scientists and artists are
different. An artist will mix blue and yellow paint to
get a shade of green; a scientist will mix green and
red light to create yellow. The printed page in a
magazine is yet another system.

It's important to define the two different kinds of

color that we see in the world as the first step in
understanding color systems.
 RGB
Scientists recognize the light primaries of red,
green and blue. When combined, red and green
light rays produce yellow, blue and green produce
cyan, red and blue produce magenta. Red, green
and blue mix to create white (light).

This color model is used in computer monitors,

television sets, and theater. If you put your eye up
against your television screen you might
something like the illustration below.

Red, green and blue dots of light are creating

the image. Where red and green overlap, you'll
see yellow.
This system applies only to devices employing
light, such as computer monitors and
television sets.
 CMYK
In the print industry, cyan, magenta,
yellow and black are used as the
primary colors. When you mix all the
colors, the result is gray. If you look
at a printed page with a magnifying
glass you might see something like
the illustration below.
How The Eyes See Color
Color originates in light. Sunlight,
as we perceive it, is colorless. In
reality, a rainbow is testimony to
the fact that all the colors of the
spectrum are present in white
light. As illustrated in the
diagram below, light goes from
the source (the sun) to the object
(the apple), and finally to the
detector (the eye and brain).

1. All the "invisible" colors of sunlight shine on the apple.

2. The surface of a red apple absorbs all the colored light rays, except for
those corresponding to red, and reflects this color to the human eye.
3. The eye receives the reflected red light and sends a message to the brain.
 
The Rainbow PHENOMENON
When a polychromatic light
(multi colored or light containing
more than one wavelength) like
white light is incident on the first
surface of the prism it gets
refracted. But each constituent of
the white light gets refracted 
through a different angle, i.e.,
white light gets dispersed. When
these colors are incident on the
second surface of the prism they
again undergo refraction
(refraction from a denser to rarer
medium) and the colors are
separated further. Thus a beam
of white light incident on a prism
splits into its constituent colors
to form a spectrum.
Why The Sky Appears Blue ?
When the white light enters
the earth’s atmosphere , the
particles present in the earths
atmosphere who have a
certain sensation towards the
blue color scatter that color
the most from one particle to
another thus making the sky
appear blue .
As you look closer to the
horizon, the sky appears much
paler in color. To reach you, the
scattered blue light must pass
through more air. Some of it gets
scattered away again in other
directions. Less blue light
reaches your eyes. The color of
the sky near the horizon appears
paler or white. 
 Why Is Sunrise And Sunset Red ?
The sky around the
setting sun may take on
many colors. The most
spectacular shows occur
when the air contains
many small particles of
dust or water. These
particles reflect light in
all directions. Then, as
As the sun begins to set, the light must travel farther some of the light heads
through the atmosphere before it gets to you. More towards you, different
of the light is reflected and scattered. As less amounts of the shorter
reaches you directly, the sun appears less bright. wavelength colors are
The color of the sun itself appears to change, first to scattered out. You see
orange and then to red. This is because even more the longer wavelengths,
of the short wavelength blues and greens are now and the sky appears
scattered. Only the longer wavelengths are left in the red, pink or orange.
direct beam that reaches your eyes. 
PURPLE-The Most Used Color

Purple’s rarity in nature and the expense of

If we go back to our pre-
creating the color and has given purple a
historic existence, our
supernatural aura for centuries. Purple is also
ancestors probably never
the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow –
saw a purple fruit, flower,
and it’s a color with a powerful history that has
bird, fish - or any living
evolved over time. In fact, the origins of the
thing - because purple is
symbolism of purple are more significant and
very rare in nature. This is
interesting than those of any other color.
hard to imagine in today’s
connected world.
Today, science has revealed much more about purple than our ancestors ever
realized: Purple is the most powerful visible wavelength of electromagnetic
energy.  It’s just a few steps away from x-rays and gamma rays. Perhaps this
explains why purple is associated with supernatural energy and the cosmos
than with the physical world as we know it.
Taking all aspects of purple’s past and present into consideration, purple
symbolizes magic, mystery, spirituality, the sub-conscious, creativity, dignity,
royalty – and it evokes all of these meanings more so than any other color.
Variations of purple convey different meanings: Light purples are light-
hearted, floral, and romantic. The dark shades are more intellectual and
dignified.
THE END